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Colorado could join effort to sideline the Electoral College

A Colorado elector holds a signed vote certificate during the electoral vote Dec. 19 at the Capitol in Denver. Colorado’s nine Democratic electors cast their votes for Hillary Clinton after one elector was removed from the panel for voting for another candidate.

A new bill has been submitted in Colorado’s young legislative session that could make an end run around the Electoral College.

Democratic lawmakers introduced the legislation on day one. If it passes, Colorado’s nine electoral votes would be awarded to the winner of the national popular vote – no matter who wins Colorado.

But there’s a catch.

Read the rest of the story at Colorado Public Radio.